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hubes95 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The novice psychiatric-mental health nurse begins working at an outpatient substance abuse treatment facility that specializes in SBIRT. What does the nurse learn is the core concept behind SBIRT's approach to substance abuse intervention and treatment?

1. It employs the cognitive approach utilizing rational emotive behavior therapy.
2. It helps clinicians recognize when individuals are able to acknowledge the impact of drug use on their lives and their willingness to change behaviors that support drug use.
3. It may be used to help individuals identify and address problems in life that arise from substance use/misuse or abuse.
4. It asks individuals to examine their own actions and accept responsibility.

Question 2

A patient who abuses heroin seeks treatment at a methadone clinic. The patient's family member asks the nurse, I don't understand the reason for the methadone treatment. Why replace heroin with methadone? What is the best response by the nurse

1. Methadone is safe even in large doses.
2. Methadone replaces a more potent drug.
3. Methadone is a deterrent to using other drugs.
4. Methadone blocks the craving for and the action of opiates.

jsm54321 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 3
Explanation: SBIRT is an approach to substance abuse intervention and treatment that may be used to help individuals identify and address problems in life that arise from substance use/misuse or abuse. SBIRT stands for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) Recovery is an abstinence-based model that employs the cognitive approach utilizing rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). The SMART Recovery model also asks individuals to examine their own actions and accept responsibility. The Stages of Change model is an approach to substance abuse intervention and treatment that helps clinicians recognize when individuals are ready to acknowledge the impact drug use has on their lives and their willingness to change behaviors that support drug use.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 4
Explanation: Methadone blocks the craving for and the action of opiates such as heroin. Methadone does not replace more potent drugs or act as a deterrent to other drug use. The doses of methadone are strictly regulated and administered by health professionals.